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them, even with better opportunities than usually exist in this 

 county. Granite and gneiss, however, are not in every in- 

 stance the most superficial rocks. In a few parts of the 

 county, the surface consists of one or other of the following 

 rocks ; but they are always in very limited quantity, and not 

 in every instance to be distinguished from granite, which, at 

 times, passes by insensible degrees into perhaps every one of 

 them : mica slate, clay slate, porphyry, serpentine, sandstone, 

 and limestone. 



I take the plants of Devonshire from the Flora of Jones 

 and Kingston; and those of the Edinburgh district, from 

 Woodford's Catalogue. The Aberdeenshire list is given en- 

 tirely from plants in my own possession. I shall first exhibit 

 a view of the Aberdeenshire species, contained in certain 

 natural orders, excluding our alpine plants, that the compari- 

 son may relate to districts nearly similar in altitude : — 



Filices. Polypodium vulgare and Dryopteris ; Aspidium Ore6pteris, Filix 

 mas, F. fce'mina, dilatatum, and fragile ; Jfsplenium marinum, Prichomanes, 

 and Jdiantum nigrum ; ,Seolopendrium vulgare ; Pteris aquilina ; Plechnum 

 boreale; Botrychium Lunaria. 



Cy/>6raceae. Eriophorum vaginatum and angustifdlium ; £chce v nus rufus 

 and compressus ; Eleocharis palustris, multicaulis, and acicularis ; Scirpus 

 caespitdsus, pauciflorus, fluitans, lacustris, setaceus, and maritimus ; Carex 

 dioica, pulicaris, pauciflora, incurva, arenaria, vulpina, paniculata, teretius- 

 cula, stellulata, curta, ovalis, remota, flava, binervis, prae v cox, pilulifera, 

 /mnicea, recurva, caespitdsa, and ampullacea. 



iuncecB. Juncus balticus, effusus, conglomerates, squarrosus, bulbosus, 

 bufonius, uligindsus, acutiflorus, lampocarpus, and obtusiflorus ; Luzula 

 [Luciola Smith] maxima, pilosa, campestris ; Narthecium ossifragum. 



Asphodelece. SciWa verna and nutans ; Allium vineale and ursinum. 



Orchidece. O'rchis mascula, latifolia, maculata, and conopsea ; Habena- 

 ria viridis, albida, and bifolia; Goodyera repens ; Listen* ovata and 

 cordata. 



VolygbnecB. Polygonum Bistorta, viviparum, amphibium, Persicaria, 

 /apathifdlium, Hydropiper, aviculare, and Convolvulus ; Pumex aquaticus ?, 

 crispus, sanguineus, acutus, obtusifolius, Acetosa, and Acetosella ; Oxyria 

 reniformis. 



Primuldcece. ^fnagallis arvensis, caerulea, and tenella ; Z/ysimachia ne- 

 morum; Primula vulgaris ; Trientalis europae v a; (rlaux maritima. 



Monotropece. Pyrola secunda, rotundifolia, and minor. 



Composites. Pragopdgon pratensis ; tfonchus arvensis and oleraceus ; 

 Leontodon Paraxacum and palustris; Jpargia autumnalis ; i/ieracium 

 Pilosella, Lawsdni, murdrum, sylvaticum, paludosum, sabaudum, and um- 

 bellatum ? ; i7ypochae x ris radicata ; Lapsana communis ; Cichorium Pnty- 

 bus ; ^'rctium Lappa ; Carduus acanthoses ; Cnicus lanceolatus, palustris, 

 and arvensis; Centaurea nigra and Cyanus; Bidens-cernua; Tanacetum 

 vulgare ; Artemis/a maritima and vulgaris ; Gnaphalium dioicum, sylvati- 

 cum, rectum, uligindsum, minimum, and germanicum ; Tussilago Parfara ; 

 Senecio vulgaris, sylvaticus, Jacobae v a, aquaticus, and saracenicus ; J'ster 

 Pripolium; Solidago Virgaurea; Dorbnicum Pardalianches ; Pellis perennis ; 

 Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum and segetum ; Pyrethrum Parthenium, 

 inodorum, and maritimum ; Achillea Ptarmica and Millefolium. 



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